Johannes Karhapää, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Teacher and Orthodox Neomartyr
Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1884
Place of Birth: Ilomantsi, Eastern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
Profession: teacher, missionary
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Johannes Karhapää
- Johannes Vasilinpoika Karhapää (or Ivan Vasilievich Karhapää, (13 July 1884, Sonkajanranta, Ilomantsi, Grand Duchy of Finland – 7 or 8 March 1918, Joensuu, Finland) was a Finnish Karelian teacher and an Eastern Orthodox missionary who was killed by the White Guards during the Finnish Civil War.
- He was canonized in 2018 as the Holy Martyr and Confessor John of Ilomantsi.
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